Funding Rounds


Finance

Wintermute Backs DEX Vertex Protocol in Strategic Investment

The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed and Wintermute will provide liquidity services to the decentralized exchange.

Vertex Protocol co-founder Darius Tabatabai (Vertex)

Finance

Animoca Brands' Anichess Secures $1.5M for Decentralized Chess Game

The game, launching in early 2024, was made in partnership with Chess.com.

Matrxiport prefers systematic call overwriting strategy for 2023 (PIRO4D/Pixabay)

Finance

Binance Labs, CoinFund Lead $10M Round for Smart Contract Infrastructure Firm Neutron

The startup provides smart contract infrastructure for the Cosmos ecosystem.

(Billy Huynh/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Maverick Raises $9M Led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

The round also included contributions from Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures and Apollo Crypto.

Funding, Fundraising

Finance

Interoperability Protocol Connext Labs Raises $7.5M at $250M Valuation

Connext said it is "building the HTTP of Web3" to create a communication layer across different blockchain networks.

Senjin Pojskić from Pixabay

Finance

Salesforce Leads $6M Round for AI-Backed Web3 Data Platform Mnemonic

The startup provides actionable non-fungible token (NFT) data for enterprises and developers.

Mnemonic co-founders Andrii Yasinetsky and Elena Ikonomovska (Mnemonic)

Finance

Aave-Developed Lens Protocol Raises $15M to Expand 'Social Layer' of Web3

Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams, OpenSea co-founder Alex Atallah, entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal joined the round as angel investors.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

Meanwhile's target audience is U.S. citizens with large BTC holdings, an audience from which it has "seen a lot of early demand."

(Vlad Deep/Unsplash)

Finance

PayPal Ventures Leads $52M Round for Crypto Firm Magic

The startup offers non-custodial wallet infrastructure for an enterprise client list that includes Macy’s and Mattel.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Anoma Foundation Raises $25M

The Swiss non-profit oversees the Anoma blockchain architecture and the layer 1 blockchain Namada.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)